Summit tunnel, before completion. Western summit, altitude 7,042 feet – Antique Wall Art
![Summit tunnel, before completion. Western summit, altitude 7,042 feet, Sacramento, Calif. : Golden State Photographic Gallery, [between 1865 and 1869] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/85/85769b0552a9-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Summit tunnel, before completion. Western summit, altitude 7,042 feet
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The summit tunnel that the Central Pacific Railroad cut through granite at its western summit, 7,042 feet up, was among the most demanding works in the Sierra Nevada. This stereograph, number 197 in a series on the railroad's mountain scenes, shows the bore before it was finished, with raw rock and the work around it still visible. The tunnel was driven by hand drill and black powder, largely by Chinese laborers working toward the middle from both ends, and it was not completed until 1867. Stereo views like this one were sold to a public eager to follow the railroad's progress across the mountains.
| Created / published | Sacramento, Calif. : Golden State Photographic Gallery, [between 1865 and 1869] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph, albumen. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | No. 197. Title from item. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 749 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-132757 |
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